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BILLY GRAHAM: ‘BILLY-CUMENISM’ – NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE

BILLY GRAHAM: ‘BILLY-CUMENISM’ – NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE

Posted by | Feb 28, 2018 | , |

As belief in the Bible was diminished by humanism, rationalism and liberal theology, Billy Graham arose to the need and mission to recover the truth of the Scripture so that “we may all be one in Him.” Billy Graham as one of the architects of the modern ecumenism movement was one of the evangelical leaders that shared ecumenical optimism and restoration of the Bible authority. Among the challenges that followed the Counter- Reformation, the aim of the ecumenical initiatives in bringing all churches and denominations together was to overcome what William Temple, then Archbishop of York and later Archbishop...

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Billy Graham: A Great Story Teller

Billy Graham: A Great Story Teller

Posted by | Feb 27, 2018 | |

Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today … Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact – Robert McKee Preacher’s foremost obligation bearing in mind the function good news plays in the lives of people is to the truth of the gospel with absolute trust and loyalty to God. The gospel as a function of evangelism entails a process of communication in which preachers uses proclamation and storytelling to make the gospel good newsworthy. My study and research about...

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CROSS BEARING IDENTITY: Take up your cross, not your gun.

CROSS BEARING IDENTITY: Take up your cross, not your gun.

Posted by | Feb 25, 2018 | , , , |

But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me – Mark 8:33-34  The goal of Satan is to steal the identity of believers, hence, we live in a time the world is experiencing an identity crisis (Jn 10:10). In our post-truth culture, many have lost their true identity thereby searching...

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BILLY GRAHAM’S THEOLOGY AND PRACTICE: LIFESTYLE EVANGELISM.

BILLY GRAHAM’S THEOLOGY AND PRACTICE: LIFESTYLE EVANGELISM.

Posted by | Feb 24, 2018 | , , |

You cannot inherit Christianity. You cannot live Christian life until you receive Jesus Christ- Billy Graham Against every major doctrinal battle in church history, Evangelist Billy Graham’s message was relentlessly focused on one goal: saving souls for Jesus. Graham practiced proclamational evangelism in the revivalist style in his sixty – four years of evangelism ministry. Graham’s practice followed his practical theology with the testimony of his personal salvation. More important to Graham in life and ministry was soul winning bearing in mind that soul, the part of man that feels pain or joy, happiness or sorrow is the centre...

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BILLY GRAHAM: Altar Calls, A Call to Responsibility.

BILLY GRAHAM: Altar Calls, A Call to Responsibility.

Posted by | Feb 22, 2018 | , |

‘I have never witnessed as much confusion as there is today about where to find truth. We have people preaching that God is a God of love, not of wrath. We have people proclaiming that heaven is real but hell is only a figment of imagination’ – Billy Graham The African proverbs that says, ‘life is the beginning of death’ is best exemplified by the life, ministry, marriage and physical death of Rev Dr Billy Graham, a great caller, not just a preacher, ‘an old-style evangelist, in the mould of Dwight L. Moody, John Wesley and George Whitefield.’ In...

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